Nicolaus Copernicus
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 Portrait from Toruń, early 16th century
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| Born | 19 February 1473, Toruń (Thorn), Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland |
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| Died | 24 May 1543 (aged 70), Frombork (Frauenburg), Warmia, Kingdom of Poland |
| Fields | Mathematics, astronomy, canon law, medicine |
| Alma mater | Kraków University, Bologna University, University of Padua, University of Ferrara |
| Known for | Heliocentrism |
| Religious stance | Roman Catholic |
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Nicolaus Copernicus (Niklas Koppernigk, Polish bhasa me: Mikołaj Kopernik, 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) ek astronomer rahaa. Log Copernicus ke uske suraj aur dunia ke baare me bichar khatir jaanat rahin. Uske bicher rahaa ki dunia, suraj ke right round jaawe hae, jiske baare me uu uu ek book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) me likhis rahaa.
Copernicus ke janam 1473 me Thorn (Toruń), Prussia me bhaes rahaa, ek German- bhasa waala jagah jon ki baad me Poland ke ek hissa hoe gais rahaa. Uu pahile Cracow aur fir Italy me parrhaes. Italy me uu ek church ke wakiil ban gais rahaa. Uu doctor ke parrhae bhi karis. Uu aapan jindagi ke jaada hissa Frauenburg (Frombork), Warmia me raha, jahan pe uu 1543 me mar gais rahaa.
Copernicus ek priest, mathematician, astronomer, doctor, jurist, physician, classical scholar, governor, administrator, diplomat, economist, aur soldier rahaa. Uske khatir astronomy ek hobby rahaa.
Duusra websites[badlo | edit source]
 Wikiquote (English)
me iske ke baare me kuchh quotation hae.
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- De Revolutionibus, autograph manuscript — Full digital facsimile, Jagiellonian University
- Copernicus' letters to various celebrities, among others the King Sigmundus I of Poland - in Polish
- Nicholaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork
- Portraits of Copernicus: Copernicus' face reconstructed; Portrait; Nicolaus Copernicus
- Copernicus and Astrology — Cambridge University: Copernicus had – of course – teachers with astrological activities and his tables were later used by astrologers.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry
- Find-A-Grave profile for Nicolaus Copernicus
- 'Body of Copernicus' identified — BBC article including image of Copernicus using facial reconstruction based on located skull
- The Copernican Universe from the De Revolutionibus
- De Revolutionibus, 1543 first edition — Full digital facsimile, Lehigh University
- The front page of the De Revolutionibus
- The text of the De Revolutionibus
- A java applet about Retrograde Motion
- Copernicus in Bologna — in Italian
- Chasing Copernicus: The Book Nobody Read — Was One of the Greatest Scientific Works Really Ignored? All Things Considered. NPR
- Copernicus and his Revolutions — A detailed critique of the rhetoric of De Revolutionibus
- Article which discusses Copernicus's debt to the Arabic tradition
- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
- German-Polish school project on Copernicus - in German and Polish
- Büro Kopernikus - An initiative of German Federal Cultural Foundation- in German, Polish and English
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